Couple robs hotel, gets two different sentences

[Draka]

A newlywed couple strips their hotel room of pretty much everything, including sheets, tv, paintings,...even tries to get out of paying for a pay-per-view movie, and somehow they get different sentences.

A UK couple took a lot more than the complimentary shampoo bottles during a recent stay at a luxury five-star hotel in South Wales.

Laura and Christopher Barnett were staying at the Morgans Hotel for Christopher's birthday, six months after tying the knot. According to the Daily Mail, the couple allegedly stole almost everything from their room including the Egyptian cotton sheets, pillows, paintings and even the flatscreen TV.

But the would-be criminals didn't get away with it. The staff grew suspicious when the Barnetts tried to argue their way out of a pay-per-view movie by saying their room didn't have a TV. When one staffer went in to check the room, he found it stripped completely bare.

The Barnetts eventually confessed to the crime. Christopher was sentenced to jail for 16 weeks and Laura was given one year of community service.

Video at source as well.

Newlywed Couple Tries To Steal Everything In Their Hotel Room, Gets Caught (VIDEO)

That's right. The husband got 16 weeks, approximately 4 months in jail, while the wife got off with just doing community service. Really? Why? I'm sorry, but did they NOT commit the same crime? Together? Should they not receive the same sentence?

 

[freethinker44]

They probably took into consideration individual history. At least that's what I hope. There is sexism in the justice systems though, so there is a very good chance she got off easy because she is a woman.

 

[Heim]

That is peculiar. Of course we don't know the details of the case.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Even two males tend to get different sentences in the UK. Sentencing is very complex and usually seems fair when you know the facts .
Community service is not a soft option.

 

[Koldo]

I found this:

"He said Laura Barnett had lied to police in interview, where she said she had acted alone, because her husband was already subject to a suspended sentence."

- Newlywed couple stripped their five-star hotel room bare - taking the dressing gowns, sheets, paintings... and even the TELEVISION | Mail Online

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

"He said Laura Barnett had lied to police in interview, where she said she had acted alone, because her husband was already subject to a suspended sentence."

Sometimes it helps to have the facts ...

 

[PolyHedral]

But the would-be criminals didn't get away with it. The staff grew suspicious when the Barnetts tried to argue their way out of a pay-per-view movie by saying their room didn't have a TV. When one staffer went in to check the room, he found it stripped completely bare.

That was rather silly.

 

[Draka]

I found this:

"He said Laura Barnett had lied to police in interview, where she said she had acted alone, because her husband was already subject to a suspended sentence."

- Newlywed couple stripped their five-star hotel room bare - taking the dressing gowns, sheets, paintings... and even the TELEVISION | Mail Online

So first he supposedly pressured her into doing it, then she tried to take all the blame and say she acted solo because he already had a suspended sentence hanging around his neck? Either, or, neither...I really don't see how this relationship is built on a solid foundation. This early into it and already this? :areyoucra Yeah, I don't see "happily ever after" in their future for some reason.